Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day. – Sophocles
There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad. – Sophocles
For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night. – Sophocles
Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven. – Sophocles
But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies. – Sophocles
I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow. – Sophocles